EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Denmark
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Denmark on the world stage
Total imports
$123.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$133.8bn
227 partners
#1 import source
Germany
19.4%
#1 export dest.
Special Categories
17.8%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Denmark
EU imports from
€75.1bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€82.8bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#20
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.10
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
115
EUR/MWh
Consumer
374
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
144
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
95%
of generation
Wholesale 60 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (Nord Pool)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Forsyningstilsynet (Danish Utility Regulator)
World-leading wind penetration (60% of generation) creates massive surplus/deficit swings that require heavy interconnection to manage. Denmark exports when the wind blows and imports when it does not. Prices are among…
Tracked infrastructure
12 gas plants
895 MW
1 coal plants
411 MW
128 wind farms
4.6 GW · 3 building
27 solar farms
1.8 GW · 2 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (19)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
41.3
→ 44.3 by 2050
Fertility
1.52
below replacement
Working-age
63.4%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
32.9
→ 42.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.98M · peaks 2042
By 2050: +2% (6.12M)